Personal information | |
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Full name | Marco Velo |
Born |
Brescia, Italy |
9 March 1974
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional team(s) | |
1996–1997 | Brescialat |
1998–2001 | Mercatone Uno |
2002–2005 | Fassa Bortolo |
2006–2008 | Milram |
2009–2010 | Quick Step |
Major wins | |
GP William Tell (1998) GP Llodio (1999) |
Marco Velo (born 9 March 1974 in Brescia) is a retired Italian professional road bicycle racer.
Velo, who started his career with Brescialat, is a talented time-trialist, winning the Italian National Time Trial Championship on three occasions—1998, 1999 and 2000. Since 2002, Velo has ridden as a domestique for Alessandro Petacchi, first at Fassa Bortolo. In 2005, Velo wanted to go join Matteo Tosatto at the Quick Step team, but in the end joined Petacchi at the Domina Vacanze team, but when that disbanded at the end of the year, they both moved to Milram at the start of 2006. For the 2008 season, Velo moved to join Tosatto at the Quick Step team after all.
In his career, Velo won: